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Guimond Pierre Louis, IPP '18, Selected for Interreligious Program in Switzerland
July 3, 2019
Guimond Pierre Louis of Haiti, a 2018 graduate of the International Peacemaking Program, has been selected for the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Interreligious Studies (CASIS) summer school program at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute of the World Council of Churches near Geneva, Switzerland.
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Interim Academic Dean David D. Grafton Will Be Scholar in Residence
June 24, 2019
Hartford Seminary’s Interim Academic Dean, David D. Grafton, will be the scholar in residence at Upper Dublin Lutheran Church in Ambler, PA, on June 28-29.
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Professor Najib George Awad Speaks at KAICIID Conference in Jordan
June 21, 2019
Professor Najib George Awad participated recently in a conference on “The Role of Media in Defending the Truth.”
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Luce-Hartford Conference Examines Relationship between Black Christians and Muslims
June 20, 2019
The 2019 Luce-Hartford Conference in Christian-Muslim Relations brought African American Christians and Muslims together in a rare opportunity to examine their shared history.
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Hartford Seminary Mourns the Passing of Rabbi Stanley Kessler, Trustee from 1994-97
June 12, 2019
After a life of extraordinary accomplishment and service, Rabbi Stanley Kessler, a Hartford Seminary Trustee from 1994 to 1997, passed away on May 30, 2019, at the age of 95.
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Prayer Shawl Ministry, Started at Women's Leadership Institute, Going Strong
June 6, 2019
It was more than 20 years ago, but Janet Bristow well remembers meeting a woman in her Women’s Leadership Institute (WLI) class who had a Mexican serape that she used to comfort herself as her husband was dying. Both were part of the first WLI cohort launched by Professor Miriam Therese Winter, who still runs the program.
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The Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper to Serve on Panel at Fulbright Summer Institute
June 6, 2019
The Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper, Faculty Associate in Religious Leadership, will serve on a panel at the Fulbright Summer Institute for International Scholars at New York University.
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Professor Najib George Awad Presents Paper in Mexico City
June 6, 2019
Professor Najib George Awad recently read a paper at The conference that took place in the Department of Philosophy of Universidad Panamerican, Mexico City, Mexico.
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President Lohr Makes Institutional Connections, Visits Alums in Europe
May 20, 2019
President Joel N. Lohr recently returned from a 10-day visit to Europe that began at the Islamic University of Rotterdam (IUR), one of Hartford Seminary’s educational partners.
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Graduates Urged to Embrace Complexity, Help Heal a Troubled World
May 18, 2019
More than one speaker had a similar message for 59 students completing their programs at Hartford Seminary: Graduation represents not an ending but a beginning of the hard work ahead to help heal a struggling world.